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Tough Times for Butterflies and Bears
May 23, 2002Dawn Levy writes that since 1960, biologist Paul Ehrlich and his research group have been conducting a study of the population of Jasper Ridge's Bay checkerspot butterflies. But now they won't be able to continue their study, because the last... continued
Deaths in a Weather War
May 23, 2002While India and Pakistan threaten to annihilate each other with nuclear bombs, both countries are rapidly losing a weather war caused by global warming. Sundeep Waslekar, director of the International Center for Peace Initiatives, says that even if the 2... continued
New Fears for Apartment Dwellers
May 23, 2002In Maitland, Florida, residents of an apartment building found a terrorism warning posted on their doors. Tenants in Renton, Washington received a warning letter from their landlord. This is the result of a recent FBI warning, which was sent to... continued
Putting Words in Our Mouths
May 22, 2002Movie special effects artists have learned how to put people into photos and videos, even if they were never there, and make animals talk. They can insert dead people into advertisements, such as the recent TV ads featuring Fred Astaire... continued
The Real Star Wars
May 22, 2002Military planners foresee a future filled with anti-satellites and space mines. They say we also need orbiting laser and particle beam weapons that focus killer rays of energy to zap satellites, enemy warheads in flight, or even blast targets on... continued
Asteroids Gave Birth to Dinos, Then Wiped Them Out
May 22, 2002An asteroid may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, but an earlier one probably allowed the rise of the giant creatures, who dominated the planet for 135 million years. After their demise, mammals took over and eventually... continued
Atlanta Drinking Itself Dry
May 22, 2002Charles Seabrook writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Federal water experts have presented data suggesting that metro Atlanta is taking all the water that Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River can provide, decades before it was forecast to have reached... continued
China Denies Moon Mining
May 22, 2002China will not be launching a manned mission to the Moon in the foreseeable future, says Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of China's Moon exploration program. He wants to clarify earlier news reports in the Chinese media that said Beijing would... continued
Quantum Physics Fights Terrorism
May 21, 2002John Hagelin is a world authority in unified quantum field theories. He says, ??Ourdefenses against terrorism are absolutely porous. And the government is expending, as you know, tens of billions of dollars in this global effort to stamp out terrorism,... continued
China Will Mine the Moon
May 21, 2002China is planning to establish a base on the Moon to mine its mineral resources. Beijing has not yet put a human astronaut into space, but Chinese scientists say they expect to do so within three years. Ouyang Ziyuan, a... continued